I don't mean to pick on anyone whose first language is not English, only those who were raised with English and didn't pay attention or don't care. ;o)

where are the grammar police?

gram·mar /ˈgræmər/ –noun 1. the study of the way the sentences of a language are constructed; morphology and syntax. 2. these features or constructions themselves. 3. an account of these features; a set of rules accounting for these constructions.

I make typos and spelling mistakes, so I'll start this post by admitting that I'm not perfect. However, I know exactly what you mean. I get in a knot when I read the same mistakes repeated over and over again.

The one that drives me nuts is "alot." A LOT of people believe that it's one word. When I read it in forum posts, my eyes sort of glaze over, and the relevance of the post is instantly diminished.

I've never thought I was a perfekt spellar, but I do laff sometimes when I see the speling.

Sometimes maybe it's just the mind working faster than the hands can type. I don't think they diagram sentences anymore in school. It's even more common to see this kind of think in the workplace...where you think people would be extra careful. At least on this site, they could be distracted by a hot guy and momentarily forget how to spell.

I used to be nazi grammar police, now it's not so big of a deal. It does determine how I think of you though.

The better your grammar and writing skills are, the more intelligent I will think you are. However, most of my favorite people couldn't even designate more than one paragraph in a long message, so I let it slide these days. In the end, I get what they are trying to say with ease, even if they say it wrong.

Oh, and don't forget about further/farther, fuckin bugs the shit out of me.

Color, neighbor, theater, mustache, flavor, honor have been accepted as the correct spelling since 1828. Let's understand regional differences will never be settled and not look down upon those people who utilize the correct spelling for their location.

On a random side note, I dislike when people misuse "so and so and I" or "so and so and me".